{"id":1626,"date":"2026-02-24T14:31:35","date_gmt":"2026-02-24T19:31:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/arts\/?page_id=1626"},"modified":"2026-03-13T11:25:26","modified_gmt":"2026-03-13T15:25:26","slug":"arts-at-bates","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/arts\/arts-at-bates\/","title":{"rendered":"Arts are everywhere at Bates!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/arts\/files\/2026\/02\/428A0456.webp\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"900\" height=\"632\" data-id=\"1633\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/arts\/files\/2026\/02\/428A0456-900x632.webp\" alt=\"Cristina Salazar dances as part of her scene at the P'al Mundo cultural showcase,\" class=\"wp-image-1633\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/arts\/files\/2026\/02\/428A0456-900x632.webp 900w, https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/arts\/files\/2026\/02\/428A0456-400x281.webp 400w, https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/arts\/files\/2026\/02\/428A0456-768x539.webp 768w, https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/arts\/files\/2026\/02\/428A0456-895x628.jpg 895w, https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/arts\/files\/2026\/02\/428A0456-200x140.webp 200w, https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/arts\/files\/2026\/02\/428A0456.webp 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/arts\/files\/2026\/02\/250605_Sadie_Williams_Steadman_Exhibition_0245.webp\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"900\" height=\"600\" data-id=\"1603\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/arts\/files\/2026\/02\/250605_Sadie_Williams_Steadman_Exhibition_0245-900x600.webp\" alt=\"Sadie Williams, Ralph Steadman\u2019s daughter and the managing director of the Ralph Steadman Art Collection, circulates on in the main gallery where an exhibition of her father\u2019s work, \u201cRalph Steadman: And Another Thing,\u201d opens tomorrow, June 6, 2025, and runs through Oct. 11, 2025, in the Bates Museum of Art.\n\nThis extensive traveling exhibition spans over 60 years of Ralph Steadman\u2019s influential and lauded career, and features more than 140 original artworks and ephemera, including sketchbooks, handwritten notes, and personal photographs. Visitors to the exhibition will encounter familiar favorites, like the artist\u2019s illustrations for literary classics such as Lewis Carroll\u2019s Alice in Wonderland and Robert Louis Stevenson\u2019s Treasure Island, as well as works for activist causes, branding iconography, and even a life-sized bronze sculpture.\" class=\"wp-image-1603\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/arts\/files\/2026\/02\/250605_Sadie_Williams_Steadman_Exhibition_0245-900x600.webp 900w, https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/arts\/files\/2026\/02\/250605_Sadie_Williams_Steadman_Exhibition_0245-400x267.webp 400w, https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/arts\/files\/2026\/02\/250605_Sadie_Williams_Steadman_Exhibition_0245-768x512.webp 768w, https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/arts\/files\/2026\/02\/250605_Sadie_Williams_Steadman_Exhibition_0245-942x628.jpg 942w, https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/arts\/files\/2026\/02\/250605_Sadie_Williams_Steadman_Exhibition_0245-200x133.webp 200w, https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/arts\/files\/2026\/02\/250605_Sadie_Williams_Steadman_Exhibition_0245.webp 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/arts\/files\/2026\/02\/theateranddance_metamorphoses_dress_fall2025-SCW-32.webp\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"900\" height=\"600\" data-id=\"1634\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/arts\/files\/2026\/02\/theateranddance_metamorphoses_dress_fall2025-SCW-32-900x600.webp\" alt=\"Students perform in the Fall 2025 theater and dance performance featuring an on stage &quot;pool&quot; of water as well as new lighting and sound technologies.\" class=\"wp-image-1634\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/arts\/files\/2026\/02\/theateranddance_metamorphoses_dress_fall2025-SCW-32-900x600.webp 900w, https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/arts\/files\/2026\/02\/theateranddance_metamorphoses_dress_fall2025-SCW-32-400x267.webp 400w, https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/arts\/files\/2026\/02\/theateranddance_metamorphoses_dress_fall2025-SCW-32-768x512.webp 768w, https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/arts\/files\/2026\/02\/theateranddance_metamorphoses_dress_fall2025-SCW-32-942x628.jpg 942w, https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/arts\/files\/2026\/02\/theateranddance_metamorphoses_dress_fall2025-SCW-32-1536x1024.webp 1536w, https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/arts\/files\/2026\/02\/theateranddance_metamorphoses_dress_fall2025-SCW-32-200x133.webp 200w, https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/arts\/files\/2026\/02\/theateranddance_metamorphoses_dress_fall2025-SCW-32.webp 1919w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:30px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<p><strong>MUSIC<\/strong><br><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/music\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Department of Music<\/a><br><a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/crosstones\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Crosstones<\/a><br><a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/bates.deansmen\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Deansman<\/a><br><a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/bates_manops\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Manic Optimists<\/a><br><a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/merimanders\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Merimanders<\/a><br><a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/batestakenote\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">TakeNote<\/a><br><a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/batesmusiciansunion\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Bates Musicians Union<\/a><br><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/groups\/295447640467283\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Gospelaires<\/a><br><a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/batessmallensembles\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Small Ensembles Club<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>THEATER &amp; PERFORMING ARTS<\/strong><br><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/theater-dance\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Department of Theater &amp; Dance<\/a><br><a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/batesrobplayers\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Robinson Players<\/a><br><a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/batescircus\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Bates Circus Arts Club<\/a><br><a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/batesvcs\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Village Club Series<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>CREATIVE ARTS<\/strong><br><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/english\/academics\/creative-writing-workshops\/\">Creative Writing Major Concentration<br><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/english\/academics\/language-arts-live\/\">Literary Arts Live<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><strong>STUDIO ART AND ART HISTORY<\/strong><br><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/art-visual-culture\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Department of Art and Visual Culture<\/a><br><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/museum\/visit\/\">Bates Museum of Art<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><strong>PUBLICATION<\/strong><br><a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/snaggletoothmagazine\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Snaggletooth Literary Arts Magazine<\/a><br><a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/thebatesstudent\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">The Bates Student Newspaper<\/a> <br><br><strong>DANCE<\/strong><br><a href=\"https:\/\/www.batesdancefestival.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Bates Dance Festival<\/a><br><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/theater-dance\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Department of Theater and Dance<\/a><br><a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/bates.2beats\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">2BEATS<\/a><br><a href=\"https:\/\/engage.bates.edu\/bollywooddanceteam\/home\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Bollywood Dance Team<\/a><br><br><strong>FIBER ARTS<\/strong><br><a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/batesknitwits\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Knit Wits<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><strong>DEBATE<\/strong><br><a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/batesdebatebqdc\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Brooks Quimby Debate Council<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"has-text-align-right\"><strong>CULTURE GROUPS WITH ARTS EVENTS<\/strong><br><a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/batesaasia\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Asian Students Association<\/a><br><a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/sasabates\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">South Asian Student Association<\/a><br><a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/batestingz\/?hl=en\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Caribbean Student Association<\/a><br><a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/raicesunidas_\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Raices Unidos<\/a>.<br><a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/bates_bsu\/?hl=en\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Black Student Union<\/a><br><a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/bates_africana\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Africana Club<\/a><br><a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/bates_multifaith\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Bates Multifaith Chaplaincy<\/a><br><br><strong>BROADCASTING &amp; 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